"I have a friend in St. John's and he phoned me the next day after it ran in the paper out there and said 'sorry to hear about your painting being stolen,' so I thought it was kind of neat he'd heard about it already," he said.

Rohl expects the new print will be put up sometime next week, but said this time around, it won't be so easy to swipe.

"I've already told my general manager I want it locked down this time," he said with a laugh.

Bought by Rohl at a Tim Hortons convention in Quebec last summer, the stolen print features a photo of Crosby at a Timbit hockey camp when he was younger. Anyone with information can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.